Head of HSE

Dyson; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Singapore is seeking an experienced APAC HSE Business Partner to oversee Health and Safety initiatives. This role demands over 15 years of experience in HSE, strong leadership skills, and a solid understanding of compliance legal frameworks. The ideal candidate will act as a subject matter expert, support team development, and ensure adherence to HSE priorities across the organization. A recognized Health and Safety qualification is essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in a relevant environment.
• Strong understanding of HSE compliance legal frameworks.
• Demonstrable continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Act as the APAC HSE Business Partner and SME.
• Ensure site and regional HSE priorities are supported.
• Lead investigation of serious incidents or non-compliance.

Skills

Strong subject matter expertise in HSE

Strong influencing skills

Leadership and coaching experience

Education

Recognised Health and Safety qualification

Chartered membership of CMIOSH

Job description

Overview – Global Health And Safety Team

The Global HSE Team's purpose is to support Dyson to create a safe working environment for all Dyson staff wherever they may work, a safe experience for customers and to ensure we minimise our impact on the environment.

Responsibilities

• Ideally educated to degree level in a science subject.
• You will act as the APAC HSE Business Partner and as a topic subject matter expert (SME). You will manage the HSE support to the organisation (both the HSE community and the business groups) via a team of HSE Managers, drawing on their personal subject matter expertise. There is an overriding expectation that as a HSE professional you will undertake any other role related task as outlined by the Global Health and Safety Director.
• You will provide direction to ensure both the site and wider regional H&S priorities are appropriately prioritised and supported.
• Use a combination of coaching and mentoring to ensure that SMEs are successful and effective at driving improvement in HSE performance at a regional and site level.
• Support the development of team members to achieve both personal growth and succession in the business.
• Collaborate to ensure the site resource provides their functional expertise via an HSE matrix across the company.
• Support HSE Managers to delve into the community of HSE champions (embedded in other business roles).
• Maintaining a high level of competence in your specialism so that you are a recognised expert.
• Support the HSE function and Business Leaders to understand the risks associated with the specialism and activities in place to assure mitigation of the risks.
• Horizon scanning for regulatory changes / technology that may impact advice and guidance needed to support compliance within Dyson. Anticipate the need to change to prevent any surprises or last‑minute, costly adjustments to remain compliant.
• Support the Glabal HSE team to ensure the specialist area builds an appropriate level of succession within the team to prevent gaps in knowledge with changes to personnel.
• Lead Communities of Practice (CoP) with both HSE colleagues and business representatives to provide regular access to expert advice and expected ways of working.
• Review and incident data to seek opportunity for continual improvement in the specialist advice, guidance and training.
• Support investigation of any serious incident or regulatory non‑compliance in the topic specialism.
• Undertake oversight audits of compliance with Dyson standards and regulatory compliance (via both desk‑top and in‑situ observation). Develop plans to address any gaps or opportunities for improvement.

Experience

• 15 years (min) experience preferably within a research and development or similar environment.
• Strong subject matter expertise in an aspect of HSE and ideally recognised as an industry expert.
• Strong understanding of HSE Compliance legal frameworks and the ability and resourcefulness to determine the practical application of the requirements.
• Successful leadership and coaching experience of subject‑matter experts.
• Strong influencing skill and involvement in change management.
• APAC regional experience essential.

Qualifications

• A recognised Health and Safety qualification* (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent preferable).
• Chartered membership of the Institution of Occupational Health and Safety (CMIOSH) (or equivalent)*.
• Practitioner Membership of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA) – Desirable.
• Demonstrable continuing professional development (CPD).

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other dimension of diversity.